JOB SUMMARY
The Manager of Strategy Planning & Deployment, APEC is a key member of the Brand, Loyalty, Marketing, Revenue, Sales & Distribution Digital, Strategy Planning & Services organization (i.e., Consumer Operations), which provides business consultancy and project management services to Asia Pacific Consumer Operations teams.
The position will report to the Director, Strategy Planning & Deployment.
This role is responsible for:
Success in this role requires strong organizational skills, strategic thinking, strong work ethic, and the ability to manage multiple complex project and priorities concurrently.
This position will work closely with other departments within Marriott's Asia Pacific Headquarters (e.g., Loyalty, Sales & Distribution, HR, Revenue, Reservations, Digital, Operations, Finance, IT etc.) as well as with senior leadership in the field.
This individual will focus on the following project types:
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Education and Experience
Attributes, Skills & Experience Preferred
CORE WORK ACTIVITIES
Project Management & Execution
Support initiatives in partnership with the Asia Pacific Consumer Operations Leadership team to drive change across the Consumer Operations organization.
Acts as a project leader and day-to-day project decision maker with the following responsibilities:
Additional Responsibilities
MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES
Leadership
Adaptability – Maintains performance level under pressure or when experiencing changes or challenges in the workplace.
Communication –Conveys information and ideas to others in a convincing and engaging manner through a variety of methods.
Problem Solving and Decision Making - Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; obtains and compares information from different sources to draw conclusions, develops and evaluates alternatives and solutions, solves problems, and chooses a course of action.
Professional Demeanor - Exhibits behavioral styles that convey confidence and command respect from others; makes a good first impression and represents the company in alignment with its values.
Strategy Development - Develops business plans by exploring and systematically evaluating opportunities with the greatest potential for producing positive results; ensures successful preparation and execution of business plans through effective planning, organizing, and on-going evaluation processes.
Managing Execution
Building and Contributing to Teams - Participates as a member of a team to move toward the completion of common goals while fostering cohesion and collaboration among team members.
Strategy Execution – Ensures successful execution across of business plans designed to maximize customer satisfaction, profitability, and market share through effective planning, organizing, and on-going evaluation processes.
Driving for Results - Sets high standards of performance for self and/or others; assumes responsibility for work objectives; initiates, focuses, and monitors the efforts of self and/or others toward the accomplishment goals; proactively takes action and goes beyond what is required.
Planning and Organizing - Gathers information and resources required to set a plan of action for self and/or others; prioritizes and arranges work requirements to accomplish goals and ensure work is completed.
Building Relationships
Customer Relationships - Develops and sustains relationships based on an understanding of customer/stakeholder needs and actions consistent with the company's service standards.
Coworker Relationships - Interacts with others in a way that builds openness, trust, and confidence in the pursuit of organizational goals and lasting relationships.
Global Mindset - Supports employees and business partners with diverse styles, abilities, motivations, and/or cultural perspectives; utilizes differences to drive innovation, engagement and enhance business results; and ensures employees are given the opportunity to contribute to their full potential.
Generating Talent and Organizational Capability
Organizational Capability - Evaluates and adapts the structure of assignments and work processes to best fit the needs and/or support the goals of an organizational unit.
Talent Management - Provides support and feedback to help individuals develop and strengthen skills and abilities needed to accomplish work objectives.
Learning and Applying Professional Expertise
Applied Learning - Seeks and makes the most of learning opportunities to improve performance of self and/or others.
Business Acumen - Understands and utilizes business information to manage everyday operations and generate innovative solutions to approach business and administrative challenges.
Technical Acumen - Understands and utilizes professional skills and knowledge in a specific functional area to conduct and manage everyday business operations and generate innovative solutions to approach function-specific work challenges.
Demonstrates working knowledge of discipline-specific systems, tools, and business processes.
Basic Competencies - Fundamental competencies required for accomplishing basic work activities.
Computer Skills – Solid PowerPoint, Excel, and Microsoft Word skills
Mathematical Reasoning - Adds, subtracts, multiplies, or divides quickly, correctly, and in a way that allows one to solve work-related issues.
Oral Comprehension - Listens to and understands information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Reading Comprehension – Understands written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Writing - Communicates effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
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